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  • From: "Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>
  • To: gardenwriters-on-gardening <gwl-g@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [gwl-g] Organic at what cost?
  • Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 09:46:16 -0700

Title: Re: [gwl-g] Organic at what cost?
The ants are just taking advantage of the injury, they didn't cause it, so killing them isn't apt to help.  The cracks were probably freeze damage, with fungi taking advantage of the damage to get started.  The ants are simply starting the recycling process.  Odds are good that if the shoots are browning, the tree is not going to survive.


Sure hope somebody out there can help me. I've always tried to be as organic as possible. Other than a once or twice application of round-up to the weeds in the gravel driveway (275 feet is too long to weed) we use no other chemicals here.

Last week my husband noticed that some of our eastern red cedars have brown tips. I just figured it was due to the tough winter. Yesterday I noticed something horrible on my favorite tree. There were two long cracks in the trunk that were weeping. Marching in and out of those cracks were large black ants. They appeared to be carrying out sawdust. I could see quite deeply into the tree trunk, looks like they've carved themselves a mini grand canyon.




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